Stayed mellow but it felt damn good to stretch the legs. Thompson Pass has the goods...if they only plowed the road!
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Stayed mellow but it felt damn good to stretch the legs. Thompson Pass has the goods...if they only plowed the road!
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Sweet! Can't decide if I want to ski or ride bikes tomorrow, any idea when they close NF-9? Looks like nice skiing up there.
I see BRUTAH got a new hat.
But still has the same stache.
You guys should road trip out here in a few weeks.
Can I contribute my NW montana pics here?
Kevin, some things are just constant and BRUTAH's stache should be constantly rad.Quote:
Originally Posted by kevino
We need see some NW Montana stoke in here! All the more persuasion to get the road trip out your way going.Quote:
Originally Posted by kevino
When were you up at T pass?
I was there this past Monday and it looked nothing like your photos (obviously).. but I did find good skiing above Revett Lake.
Road closes around thanksgiving weekend.
11/17Quote:
Originally Posted by spknmike
Yep. We need it to start snowing again.
Happy thanksgiving
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It's snowin' boys!
Just bought some skis, gonna drill em tomorrow, doa little lift served at Schwitzer Sunday. Supposed to dump Sunday morning
Schweitzer was great, yesterday. We skied Saturday and it was okay for being my first day on snow. However, it got a little boring. Then the snow started to fall.... 11" new between Saturday night and Sunday. Headwall, Near Stiles and the traverse over to Snagline were excellent. We skied the triple for a few runs to start with then migrated over.
Saw this note from Tom Eddy on Facebook so be careful if you're going up this week:
For anyone thinking about hiking Schweitzer on Monday, please be aware that we received 11" of snow that started out light and ended with some warming sitting on 1 meter + of some weak, unconsolidated snow. This means heavy slab over deep weak layer = potential for large avalanches. Please do not ski in areas not previously open this season. Please make sure you have the right equipment- beacon, shovel, probe, partner, brain. The parts of the mountain not opened yet are backcountry conditions. We have not looked at them let alone mitigated any hazard. Use your brains, it's a long season.
Yeah I pulled out a little slab on Sunday up there, bout 15' wide, down to the last crusty layer, didn't really propogate but woke me up a little.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoldMember
North Spokane Costco has discount tickets for Red, $99 for two includes discounts on lodging as well.
Lots of 3 for $99 codes floating around out there from the Snowlander Expo. I may have 1 or 2 left if somebody is heading up there soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cayuse
Schweitzer skied much better than I expected yesterday. Coverage is decent. There definitely is a crust off piste but it is highly skiable if you stay on the steeps and better yet in the already chopped up stuff. Groomers are good and not hard pack icy... beware of some surprise rollers and dips.
It's still frigid and 45 minutes of this doesn't help.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/12/09/a6udypuq.jpg
^^^ Oh man, that sucks. Great Escape?
Felt more like Great NO Escape.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoldMember
Or...The Great Mistake as we tend to refer to it.
Wow. Stayed home with a cold in my head yesterday and kinda glad I didn't push my luck now that I see that.
On the Red note, if anybody's looking for a couple days of AST 1 course this weekend, Big Red Cats probably still has at least two spots open for a couple hundred bucks; Friday and Sunday class, and Red opens Saturday. Not affiliated in any way, just giving them a shout out because they were gracious enough to give my wife and myself a rain check for that class for an extreme hardship (no, not the head cold). That and it seems like a good deal after scouring the options; $209 Canadian with a cat ride seems like it might be good for keeping the group moving together.
Bigredcatskiing.com
This is similar to my experience at 49 on Friday stuck on the chair for 40 minutes at -20 deg windchill. Fortunately they got it moving prior to rope evac. Had a hard time warming up after that.Quote:
Originally Posted by bumski
Anyone going to Silver this Thursday. Headed up there myself. Should be good with the new snow and more on the way.
I'll probably go up for the morning. Not sure I'm as optimistic on conditions though.. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by 2FUNKY
BTW $10 tix at Schweitzer on Friday, $20 on Saturday.
Hearing the backside opens tomorrow?
if anyone is interested in some exercise tomorrow morning let me know. looking for a morning skin, hopefully in a little fresh
Yeah, looks like the forecast changed. Oh well, should still be soft. I'm wearing TNF all black,"anti skittle", get up. 187 PM Gear Fats. Ugly gold frame smiths, no helmet. I am probably only skiing till 12 or so.Quote:
Originally Posted by spknmike
That will be a fuckin zoo, been there done that.Quote:
BTW $10 tix at Schweitzer on Friday, $20 on Saturday.
the conditions in devil's creek were great today, fast and fun and fillin in
Not outside the ropes.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2FUNKY
As with anywhere outside the ropes.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Duke of Hurl
Silver skied well today. 7" skied more like 10, trees were easy 16+. Ghost town up there as well. Outa comish for tomorrow, boots getting serious work done.
Saw you pass under chair 2, shouted your screenname. :D Silver was alright, only 140 others up there.. still needs a couple more feet to open things up.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2FUNKY
Now that Pat's gone.. who's the go-to boot guy around?
49N tomorrow? Not expecting much, but I'll be there in the morning. NTN/orange G3 Rapid Transits, green Crispi EVOs...
I'm wondering this too... anyone?Quote:
Now that Pat's gone.. who's the go-to boot guy around?
Will be at 49 tomorrow with Cayusette. Probably not an early start since she still needs to get her pass picture taken. Green jacket black pants W99's.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flyoverland Captive
^^^ We'll watch for you. Orange jacket/black pants. Going waaaaaaaaay too fast for conditions. :biggrin:
Shit that's funny 'cause when I got to the bottom it registered in my head. I should have waited at the bottom for ya. My fuggin boots were killing me though, they were fine when skiing but stopped and on the chair was horrid. I took them to Alpine Haus, Ryan is working on them. Cannot comment on his work yet. He was the fitter when I bought my boots there. Wife picked up boots on her way home. We will see how things went when she gets here. Taking the whole FUNKY clan tomorrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by spknmike
it makes me upset that there isn't a viable dawn patrol area in spokane nor a place to train to get in better shape for ski touring. Mt Spokane could easily be that place but the concession that runs a ski area on your state parks restricts access to the area. Lance told me he was working on an uphill policy last year, yet mt spokane still forbids uphill travel. thought I'd shoot some people an email this morning about that, i'd encourage anyone interested in changing this or having an early morning place to skin before work to do the same..... here's mine if you want to cut and paste ;)
and the emails i sent it to:Quote:
Hey Lance,
How is the development of an uphill policy for Mt Spokane is going?
I was just up at Whitefish Mountain Resort this past weekend and it was great to be able to skin up their mountain for exercise. Their uphill policy is creating a healthier population and the resort is hosting "ski-mo"/randonee races. As you may know Whitefish Mountain sits on both public and private lands, so it is nice to know that not all ski area operators are trying to restrict certain user groups from their public lands.
In Utah, at Brighton, another ski area that sits on both public and private lands, they host randonee races weekly and allow uphill skiing as well. In fact, its a general trend that is happening across North America.
The increase in this user group should spur the Mt Spokane Ski & Snowboard Park concession in Mt Spokane State Park to create an uphill policy now. First for the safety of everyone. People skin up Mt Spokane throughout the winter, whether it is allowed or not, and soon enough someone is going to get hurt. If there were a few uphill routes that skiers could use, and snow machine operators and downhill skiers were aware it would greatly decrease any risk of injury. Second, Mt Spokane Ski & Snowboard Park's refusal to develop an uphill policy is restricting access of a very large user group to their public lands. Moreover, Mt Spokane owns the concessions to run the lifts on the land. They do not own the land on which the lifts sit on nor does Mt Spokane Ski & Snowboard Park own the water rights to which people slide on. Third, Mt Spokane is really the only viable solution for people living in the spokane-area interested in ski-mo racing to train. This is something Mt Spokane Ski & Snowboard Park should embrace!
I hope that the Operators of Mt Spokane Ski & Snowboard Park develop an uphill policy, i.e., a few routes people can safely use to skin to the top of the mountain.
Sincerely,
Brutah
winter@parks.wa.gov,
hr@parks.wa.gov,
Commission@parks.wa.gov,
concessions@parks.wa.gov,
mount.spokane@parks.wa.gov
lance@mtspokane.com
Has anyone actually been asked to leave during an ascent?Quote:
Originally Posted by BRUTAH
Second, what's wrong with the snowshoe route? A tiny bit longer to access (but if it's training you're after) and it's outside of the concession area.
Talked to the marketing manager at Snowlander about an official policy also.. she seemed fairly positive about it all. I didn't get any negative vibes, like they wanted to keep bc skiers out. Realistically, they just don't want noobs skiing into winch cat lines or groomers, kids building shitty jumps at Lodge 1, or people ascending runs as the paying public comes down.
Related beta on accessing before the park officially opens (for early dawn patrols): http://www.panhandlebackcountry.com/...of-attack.186/
Yes to answer your first question. Whats equally interesting, is I can ski down groomed runs at whitefish and they couldn't care less. But at Mt. Spokane we are apparently costing them money by skiing down.
Re: snowshoe route. Just looked it up. 3.25 miles at 1,300 vert? That is not good training. For comparison, 1.2 miles and 2200 vert for one frontside lap at whitefish.
Yikes.. did not know they were actually kicking folks out.Quote:
Originally Posted by kevino
Right.. about 1300vert, but only 300' less than starting from Lodge 1 (park at Summit Rd gate). A little over 1.5mi to top of chair 1.
the vert is one thing that can't be changed. but covering 1300 vert of 3.25 miles vs 1.5 is the difference. that is all i'm saying.
I think you are doubling the distance. I just mapped the route at Whitefish came up with 1.43mi on the up. Route I'm talking about at Mt Spokane is only a little over 1.5mi up. The snowshoe route on that PDF lists round trip distance.Quote:
Originally Posted by kevino
(but yes, still much less vert than WF)
well i'm an idiot. this is what i get for looking at ski forums while doing school work.